All projects have their key milestones, and the £530m of BDUK funding has
passed a significant one today as the first area to benefit from BDUK funding
has its cabinet unveiled. The village of Ainderby Steeple is the lucky place,
and people should be able to order a service before Christmas, though whether
it will be installed before is another matter. The cabinet is live three months
ahead of schedule, and work is underway across North Yorkshire to get more of
the non-commercial cabinets live.

"This is a significant step for Ainderby Steeple. High-speed digital
connectivity is an essential requirement for our long-term success. At a time
when our local economy needs every possible boost, important developments such
as the Superfast North Yorkshire programme’s investment in super-fast broadband
offers the potential to create new opportunities, services and growth."

Local MP, the Rt Hon William Hague

The Superfast North Yorkshire website allows people to check by
postcode what is happening, and while at the wholesale level Openreach has
delivered the service, the site links off to the multitude of retail providers
so that people can check whether it is available from their chosen provider or
not. People should be aware that sometimes a retail provider may take longer to
update its own systems, so conflicting information on whether a service is or
is not available is fairly common in areas where an FTTC service has just gone
live.

Further to the south in Yorkshire, another 250 properties in Selby are which
already offers FTTC services are shortly to get access to the superfast
service. These properties were originally not in the commercial roll-out.

We are waiting on pictures of the unwrapping of the cabinet and will publish
once they arrive, so people can see the cabinet really does exist.

Comments

Posted by
KarlAustin over 4 years ago
"FTTC service has just gone line" - I assume you mean live :)

Posted by
desouzr over 4 years ago
The cab I'm connected to on the Pateley Bridge exchange is due to go live in the Spring. Can't believe after all this time FTTC is only about 6 months away!

Posted by
WWWombat over 4 years ago
The girl doesn't look impressed with her new Christmas present!

Posted by
bobdelamare over 4 years ago
"Local MP William Hague", that's the answer, have the most senior cabinet member as your MP!

Nadine Dorries' constituents, tough s**t!

Posted by
Brunel over 4 years ago
Superfast Yorkshire website allows

Should read: Superfast North Yorkshire, emphasis on the North.

Posted by
andrew ( staff member)
over 4 years ago
Have added the North that I had managed not to type yesterday, could have worse and typed the name of a county to the west

Posted by
ccxo over 4 years ago
Its good to see the first of many cabinets via BDUK funding, though its shame the amount of time its taken the piolt areas to get to delivery.
Though still a very slow process, 14 weeks alone for procurement with one likely bidder/winner left, would be suprised to see Fujitsu win a tender.